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Prog. Theor. Phys. Supplement No.86 (1986) pp. 366-376

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Supersymmetric Quantum Mechanics and Inverse Scattering

Waikwok Kwong and Jonathan L. Rosner

Enrico Fermi Institute and Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637

(Received November 18, 1985)

Abstract:

The connection between supersymmetric quantum mechanics and the inverse scattering problem is utilized to construct symmetric reflectionless potentials with an arbitrary number of bound state levels. A relation between Backlund transformations and supersymmetry is explored. The transformations of interest relate a potential with a given spectrum to one with an additional bound state below all the rest. This potential may be regarded as an instantaneous solution of the Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equation. The Backlund transformation is just that which adds a soliton to a multi-soliton KdV solution.


URL : http://ptp.ipap.jp/link?PTPS/86/366/
DOI : 10.1143/PTPS.86.366

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